[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 25 (Wednesday, March 8, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H706]
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                    GOVERNMENT WASTE CORRECTIONS ACT

  (Mr. METCALF asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. METCALF. Madam Speaker, during my time in Congress I have tried 
to identify and stop wasteful spending. That is why I am pleased to 
rise today as a cosponsor of H.R. 1827, and support a bill that will 
stop overpayments to vendors by the Federal Government. The Government 
Waste Corrections Act requires executive agencies to conduct recovery 
auditing to identify and collect millions of dollars in overpayments.
  We all know there are many cases of government waste. H.R. 1827 is 
vital to collecting back overpayments that otherwise would never have 
been detected. We have a responsibility to keep our government 
accountable, cut excessive spending, and terminate the unnecessary use 
of taxpayer dollars.
  We can cut excessive spending and reduce our deficit so that in the 
future our children and grandchildren will not have to bear the 
excessive burdens of our debts.

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